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"When Brisbane was awarded the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games, it came with
a widely publicised landmark promise: the world’s first “climate-positive”
games.
The International Olympic Committee had already announced all games would be
climate-positive from 2030. It said this meant the games would be required to
“go beyond” the previous obligation of reducing carbon emissions directly
related to their operations and offsetting or otherwise “compensating” for the
rest.
In other words, achieving net-zero was no longer sufficient. Now each
organising committee would be legally required to remove more carbon from the
atmosphere than the games emit. This is in keeping with the most widely cited
definition of climate-positive.
Both Paris 2024 and Los Angeles 2028 made voluntary pledges. But Brisbane 2032
was the first contractually required to be climate-positive. This was enshrined
in the original 2021 Olympic Host Contract, an agreement between the IOC, the
State of Queensland, Brisbane City Council and the Australian Olympic
Committee.
But the host contract has quietly changed since. All references to
“climate-positive” have been replaced with weaker terminology. The move was not
publicly announced. This fits a broader pattern of Olympic Games promising big
on sustainability before weakening or abandoning commitments over time."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
